Problems after System Restore

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Hello, I would like to thank you in advance for any and all help.

The problems started when somehow I got a trojan on my computer called
trojan.Vundo or something like that. I run various virus scanners and
spyware removers regularly to keep my system clean. I have Ad-Aware, Spy-bot
Search and Destroy, Symantec Antivirus, and the free edition of AVG. Anyway,
when I would start up my computer Symantec would pop up and remove
trojan.Vundo saying it was in the file accmain.dll but evertime I would
reboot my system it would be back on and symantec would pop up again. Then I
was trying to put one of my brothers CDs on my computer, but it forced me to
install software on my computer that apparently had a law suit against it
because it opened computers up to all kinds of bad stuff. After I found out
about that I tried to remove the software, but by that time my computer was
going all buggy. Then I decided to do a system restore because I was fed up
with it.
After the system restore I did the whole windows update thing and got SP2
installed on my computer and things were running good. Then my computer
started to randomly restart. An error message popped up and said stuff about
not having compatable drivers for something. I don't know where to start
looking for the incompatable driver. So any advice there would be great.
Then when I restart my computer a message pops up saying that some files
from SP2 were replaced with unknown versions. Then it asks me to put in my
windows SP2 CD to replace the correct versions of the files...only problem is
that I never got a CD since I updated with the internet. Anyone know what
the problem is? Do I have another virus from somewhere that is replacing the
files? How do I get a CD, or how can I re-download SP2 to fix my problem.
I've been looking around on this site for about 2 hours and can't find
anything.

Thank you,
 
M

Malke

Hokuten said:
Hello, I would like to thank you in advance for any and all help.

The problems started when somehow I got a trojan on my computer called
trojan.Vundo or something like that. I run various virus scanners and
spyware removers regularly to keep my system clean. I have Ad-Aware,
Spy-bot
Search and Destroy, Symantec Antivirus, and the free edition of AVG.
Anyway, when I would start up my computer Symantec would pop up and
remove trojan.Vundo saying it was in the file accmain.dll but evertime
I would
reboot my system it would be back on and symantec would pop up again.
Then I was trying to put one of my brothers CDs on my computer, but it
forced me to install software on my computer that apparently had a law
suit against it
because it opened computers up to all kinds of bad stuff. After I
found out about that I tried to remove the software, but by that time
my computer was
going all buggy. Then I decided to do a system restore because I was
fed up with it.
After the system restore I did the whole windows update thing and got
SP2
installed on my computer and things were running good. Then my
computer
started to randomly restart. An error message popped up and said
stuff about
not having compatable drivers for something. I don't know where to
start
looking for the incompatable driver. So any advice there would be
great. Then when I restart my computer a message pops up saying that
some files
from SP2 were replaced with unknown versions. Then it asks me to put
in my windows SP2 CD to replace the correct versions of the
files...only problem is
that I never got a CD since I updated with the internet. Anyone know
what
the problem is? Do I have another virus from somewhere that is
replacing the
files? How do I get a CD, or how can I re-download SP2 to fix my
problem. I've been looking around on this site for about 2 hours and
can't find anything.

Wow. Basically, your computer is not clean, then you acquired a rootkit,
then you installed SP2 onto a machine that still had Vundo, and now you
wonder why things don't work. The practical thing would be to either
take the machine to a professional computer repair shop or wipe the
drive and clean-install. I rarely suggest reinstalling, but if you
don't take the machine to a professional, that will probably be the
best choice for you.

Don't connect to the Internet until you've applied SP2 and installed
antivirus software.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install

Are You Ready for WinXP SP2? -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=windowsxpsp2
Download full SP2 - http://tinyurl.com/5bobl
Follow the Service Pack Installation Checklist -
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
SP2 links to OEMs - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/oemlinks.mspx
http://aumha.net - See SP2 forums
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm#sp2 - Windows SP2 Information,
Guidelines and Troubleshooting

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971 - So How Did I Get
Infected Anyway?
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction
http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm - The Parasite Fight

Malke
 

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